Deacon Track Teams Have Great Weekend

Friday, February 14

Lynchburg, VA

Wake Forest University

Darius Dixon Memorial Invite

Aleeya Hutchins

2/15/2020 7:06:00 PM | Track and Field

Darius Dixon Results Iowa State Classic Results

By: Steve Shutt

The Wake Forest men's and women's track teams had the program's best weekend of competition since John Hayes became head coach prior to the 2016-17 season. The Deacons sent a group of athletes to Ames, Ia. for the Iowa State Classic while another group traveled north to Liberty University for the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational in Lynchburg, Va.

"Overall, this was a very good weekend," said Hayes. "I would say this was easily the best weekend since I've been at Wake Forest."

Overall, the Deacons hit 14 marks that will qualify those athletes for the ACC Championships scheduled for February 27-29 at Notre Dame.

"Our team gets that something very special is happening," said Hayes. "We're on the cusp of something very special. Our assistants are doing a great job of building up each area of the program and we're very excited about where we're going as a program. This weekend was a great start."

At Iowa State on Saturday, the Deacons had nine entries with six meeting ACC Championship qualifying marks. Johanna Schulz finished second in the women's mile in a season-best 4:41.24 while Amy Harding-Delooze was seventh in 4:44.52, also an ACC qualifier. Elise Wright finished 13^th and Hannah Brookover was 19^th. Archie Wallis and Kenton Bachmann both met ACC standards in the men's 800 meters with Wallis turning in an indoor personal-best of 1:50.85 and Bachman hitting a personal-best of 1:51.45.

Aleeya Hutchins ran a season-best in the 800 meters and hit the ACC mark with a fifth place finish at 2:08.79. In the men's mile, Brent Bailey ran a personal-best 4:05.82 and finished ahead of the ACC qualifying standard.

The Deacons also sent a contingent to the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. Robbie Grace posted the only win, turning in a season-best mark of 5.94 in the women's long jump. Anna Bush was third with a season-best 5.74. Tony Jones hit the ACC qualifying standard while finishing second in the men's high jump at 2.07.

Other top 10 finishes at Liberty included Elaina Roeder with a seventh place finish in the pole vault, Cydney Delley finished in the top 10 in the women's 400m with a season-best 56:14, and Chanel Dawson was in the top 10 in the women's shot put.

Iowa State Classic
Women's Mile: Johanna Schulz, 2^nd, 4:41.24; Amy Harding-Delooze, 7th, 4:44.52; Elise Wright (13), 4:49.26, Hannah Brookover (19)
Men's Mile: Brent Bailey, 17th, 4:05.82; Michael Moerk, 39th
Women's 800m: Aleeya Hutchins, 5th, 2:08.79
Men's 800m: Archie Wallis, 11th, 1:50.85; Kenton Bachmann, 14th, 1:51.45

Darius Dixon Memorial Invite at Liberty
Women's 3,000m: Caroline Garrett, 4^th; Spencer Faircloth, 17^th
Women's 400m: Cydney Delley, 9^th; Grace Hofferber, 23^rd; Ali Belvin, 25^th
Men's mile: Tommy Johnston, 11^th
Men's 400m: Kaleb Bryant, 30^th
Women's mile: Lily Harding-Delooze, 10^th
Women's high jump: Meghan O'Malley, 14^th
Men's high jump: Tony Jones, 2^nd, 2.07m
Men's shot put: Connor Mathis, 12^th; Jason Wagner, 22^nd
Women's shot put: Chanel Dawson, 9^th
Women's triple jump: Robbie Grace, 10th
Men's long jump: Mark Smith, 19^th
Women's long jump: Robbie Grace, 1^st, 5.94; Anna Bush, 3^rd; Meghan O'Malley, 14^th; Brionne Pyles, 18^th
Pole vault: Elaina Roeder, 7th
ACC qualifying time in bold